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>Costume Studies
>>1892 Mandingo sofa
>>>context
>>>>field notes


Subjectsofa warrior
Culture: Mande / Mandingo
Setting: Mandingo empire, Mali / upper Niger late 19thc







1. Big Bear saber
​Museum label describes this as a "Native American hand-made sword," but it has all the features of a West African saber.   A similar saber, correctly identified as African, is displayed at the Soldiers & Sailors Military Museum and Memorial among American Civil War objects.